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kurtnbarb · 03/31/08, 02:12 AM

Hello all,
I'm trying to find out some information about my father's camera. It's a an M3 silver and black body. Underneath the "Leica" emblem, it has DBP stamped. It also says Enrst Leitz CGMH and Wetzler Germany. The Serial number is M3-817 143
The lenses are a Leitz Wetzler Summaron 1:28/35 SN: 1664161 (with an an attached viewfinder device of some kind). The other lens is an Elmar 1:28/50 Leitz Wetzler SN: 1697828. The last lens is an Ernst Leitz Gmbh Wetzler Hektor f=13.5cm 1:45 Nr 1313700 (which I think is the SN). Also in the bag there was a couple of meters> One simply says metrawatt A.G. Nurnberg, and the other is an old DeJUR. My father was in the US Army, and this meter is stamped US Government amongst its other information.
I'd like to know some of the history of these items (of course I need to find a book to learn more).
Thanks in advance,
Kurt Heine

03/31/08, 02:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
kurtnbarb Neuer Benutzer Join Date: 03/29/08 Posts: 1	Getting Started Hello all, I'm trying to find out some information about my father's camera. It's a an M3 silver and black body. Underneath the "Leica" emblem, it has DBP stamped. It also says Enrst Leitz CGMH and Wetzler Germany. The Serial number is M3-817 143 The lenses are a Leitz Wetzler Summaron 1:28/35 SN: 1664161 (with an an attached viewfinder device of some kind). The other lens is an Elmar 1:28/50 Leitz Wetzler SN: 1697828. The last lens is an Ernst Leitz Gmbh Wetzler Hektor f=13.5cm 1:45 Nr 1313700 (which I think is the SN). Also in the bag there was a couple of meters> One simply says metrawatt A.G. Nurnberg, and the other is an old DeJUR. My father was in the US Army, and this meter is stamped US Government amongst its other information. I'd like to know some of the history of these items (of course I need to find a book to learn more). Thanks in advance, Kurt Heine